This has a surreal feel to it. Who was the UJ dude years ago that challenged DT (Animal offered his back yard in Dallas for the experiment) for DT's claim on witching for water.megman wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:42 amNot at all. I suggest we meet at Toronto airport, unless you are just all talk.....WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:39 am I guess kwebber will be along shortly bitching/moaning about me not being "likable". It seems the Cannucks egos are fragile.
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Anyway, watching several hummingbirds fight over a feeder or feeders, the territorial aspect of their behavior is apparent. But really watching closely, it seems to me that it's almost always one Alpha that's protecting his turf (feeder) and the others seemed to be "playing". Chasing each around until they get thirsty, calling a truce, feeding at the same time and then back to the chase. Fascinating creatures. Only bird species that can fly backwards.
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have you ever seen a painted bunting? I got some pictures of a couple (male and female) at a feeder last spring.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:35 pm Anyway, watching several hummingbirds fight over a feeder or feeders, the territorial aspect of their behavior is apparent. But really watching closely, it seems to me that it's almost always one Alpha that's protecting his turf (feeder) and the others seemed to be "playing". Chasing each around until they get thirsty, calling a truce, feeding at the same time and then back to the chase. Fascinating creatures. Only bird species that can fly backwards.
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Please post them. Have 5 the last few days and the color differences and patterns are amazing.Flumper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:31 pmhave you ever seen a painted bunting? I got some pictures of a couple (male and female) at a feeder last spring.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:35 pm Anyway, watching several hummingbirds fight over a feeder or feeders, the territorial aspect of their behavior is apparent. But really watching closely, it seems to me that it's almost always one Alpha that's protecting his turf (feeder) and the others seemed to be "playing". Chasing each around until they get thirsty, calling a truce, feeding at the same time and then back to the chase. Fascinating creatures. Only bird species that can fly backwards.
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.Flumper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:31 pmhave you ever seen a painted bunting? I got some pictures of a couple (male and female) at a feeder last spring.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:35 pm Anyway, watching several hummingbirds fight over a feeder or feeders, the territorial aspect of their behavior is apparent. But really watching closely, it seems to me that it's almost always one Alpha that's protecting his turf (feeder) and the others seemed to be "playing". Chasing each around until they get thirsty, calling a truce, feeding at the same time and then back to the chase. Fascinating creatures. Only bird species that can fly backwards.
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We get lots of those up at our place at the lake. Those little fuckers start banging their heads at 5:00 in the morning.
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Buddy's house is full of holes from those fuckers.Reservoir Dog wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:42 pmWe get lots of those up at our place at the lake. Those little fuckers start banging their heads at 5:00 in the morning.
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Birds are amazing, from hummingbirds to woodpeckers pounding their brains at 20G, owls night vision to albatrosses spending 99% of it's life aloft. I think this branch of the life tree survived pretty damn well the asteroid strike 65 Million years ago.
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i thought the parks & wildlife guy was nuts when he told me to put out nesting boxes for them. they are amazing birds and i think he said they were endangered. If you see them on a regular basis, consider yourself lucky. there are parts of texas where people pay big $$ to see them in the wild.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:53 pm Please post them. Have 5 the last few days and the color differences and patterns are amazing.
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There is some State park in E Texas that puts up a hundred hummingbird feeders for the visitors to watch. Hundreds of hummingbirds and yeah,they fight over all 100.Flumper wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:16 pmi thought the parks & wildlife guy was nuts when he told me to put out nesting boxes for them. they are amazing birds and i think he said they were endangered. If you see them on a regular basis, consider yourself lucky. there are parts of texas where people pay big $$ to see them in the wild.WestTexasCrude wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:53 pm Please post them. Have 5 the last few days and the color differences and patterns are amazing.
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I see them in NJ but only when someone sets up a hummingbird feeder. My father had one hanging right in front of a picture window and they were awesome to watch. Another beautiful bird to watch in NJ is a goldfinch. My father had a special feeder for them too, and it really worked well.
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Really, if you doubt that birds are at the apex of evolutionary specialty , picture in your mind the most inhospitable place on Earth- more akin to another planet like Mars. Antarctica- lifeless except for those Emperor penguins and others not only surviving but flourishing in the millions. WTH?
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That thing looks like an owl-gargoyle.
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I could see this being the basis of alien landing reports. That fucking look stares through ya, and says "I will eat you".Wut wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 5:47 pmThat thing looks like an owl-gargoyle.
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Yeah that's them. Put out 100 feeders in a state park, all 300 will fight over everyone of them. Even though the territorial instinct is obvious, I've observed over the years a distinct "playing" among them. It's pretty funny to watch.